...you remember
that day the wind stopped... and everybody fell over!
--
courtesy of John and Vickie Dicus of Rivenrock
Gardens
...you worked at
Jacks Omelets over 20 years ago.
--
courtesy of Jrpagatpatan@aol.com
...as a young girl
I remember getting to buy a goldfish at Woolworths with my
dad and then sitting at the bar and having a banana split
for a treat.
...as a young girl
my mother worked at the Ben’s Snack Shop next door to
the movie theater and I would go to the Kiddie Matinees there
and then for a hamburger at Ben’s where they had the
best hamburgers in town. Ben also used to run the only cab
company in Lompoc.
...you
worked at Sambo’s on the opening day which had a line
all the way out to “H” Street.
--
courtesy of Cindy Schrader
You
Know You're a Lompoc Native When...
...you
remember when all the hippies in town worked at the carrot
juice factory and they all turned orange from eating and drinking
carrots!
...you
remember when it
was perfectly safe to walk ANYWHERE in town alone at 3am with
no fear of harm from anything other than the occasional territorial
dog!
...you
remember when water
balloon and egg battles in Ryon Park on the last day of school
were the order of the day!
...you
remember when downtown
bars filled up with bikers and the street lined with Harley-Davidsons
during early 70's Flower Festivals!
...you
remember when Wolfman
Jack could be heard blaring from every car radio cruising
Ocean Ave. from D Street to Ryon Park on weekend nights.
...you
remember when the remaining
hippies that didn't work at the carrot juice factory worked
at the leather goods factory on 2nd Street. They all had blue
hands and forearms from the leather dye! (We had very colorful
hippies in Lompoc in the early 70's!)
...you
remember when
you could get .10 cent chili dogs at the A&W on Tuesdays!
...you
remember when EVERYTHING
was covered in fine white dust from Grefco and JM.
...you
remember when the world's
best roast beef sandwiches were found at the "new"
Liquor Emporium deli on E. Ocean Ave.
...you
remember when you could
buy cigarettes from the machine at the little gas station
next to McDonalds for only .35 cents!
...you
remember when "Yerky"
the Helms Donuts man would extend credit for donuts and smokes
to anyone who needed it.
...you
remember when the "Lions
Inn" was *THE* place to be at night.
...you remember
when at Taco Bell you could get a "Bell Burger",
a bean burrito and small coke and still get change back from
a one dollar bill!
...you remember
when boys with motorcycles would try to coast all the way
in to town (without putting your feet down or starting your
engine) from the VAFB gate with the ocean view near the end
of Miguelito Rd.
One word: "Waldo"
!
... you ever got
stuck for a day or two with 20 other hitchhikers in the drizzling
and cold Santa Barbara rain and you were just trying to hitchhike
back into Lompoc!
... you ever went
skinny-dipping at "Sulphur Springs"!
...you were ever
suspended from Lompoc High for smoking cigarettes ...and then
you were horrified to find out a few years later that they
had instituted designated smoking areas ON CAMPUS! OH THE
HUMANITY!
...you can remember
the "Share A Ride" covered bench seat at "H"
St. & Pine, long before there was any public bus system
in town.
--
courtesy of Bubba Baker,
Longwood, FL
LHS Class of 1974 -- www.bubbabaker.com
...you remember
seeing Santa Clause come down in a helicopter at the shopping
center, but then he landed on a station wagon because of a
Lompoc gust!
--
courtesy of Chris Fenn, LHS '74
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